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  • ResCare seeks more time to review Onex offer

    ResCare will announce today that it needs more time to review private-equity firm Onex’s $12.60-a...  

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  • NY pol brags of endorsement from former NY hedgie

    Ryan Brumberg, Republican candidate for Congress in New York’s 14th district, which includes...  

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  • Ackman’s hedge fund put $40M into StuyTown joint venture

    Hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman said his firm chipped in $40 million as part of a bid to take over...  

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  • New York hedge fund goes berserk over leak

    Paul Singer, head of New York hedge fund Elliott Management Corp., is taking extreme measures to...  

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  • NY Daily News CEO Marc Kramer resigns

    In a stunning shakeup at the Daily News, CEO Marc Kramer resigned from the beleaguered daily and is...  

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Real Estate Blog

  • This week's calendar: Sept. 2 to Sept. 8

    Saturday, September 4 Around Manhattan Official NYC Architectural Tour Experience a unique...  

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  • This week's calendar: Aug. 26 to Sept. 1

    Sunday, August 29 Fish Form: Lamps by Frank Gehry As part of a design competition sponsored...  

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  • This week's calendar, August 19 to 26

    Thursday, August 19 Professional Women in Construction: Meet the Architects & Engineers...  

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  • This week's calendar, August 12 to 18

    Thursday, August 12 Manhattan Real Estate Networking Summer Soirée Real estate professionals...  

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  • This week's calendar, August 5 to 11

    Thursday, August 5 Around Manhattan: A Champagne Cruise for Landlubbers Begin your “virtual...  

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Thrill-seekers

Thrill-seekers

Prepare for a wild ride when Wall Street gets back to work after the holiday weekend as conflicting signs about the direction of the economy and renewed debate over a "double dip" recession send volatility through the roof. "You're...  Read Full Story

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Latest Business News

  • Hedgie Cohen's ex-wife is suing her lawyer

    Patricia Cohen, the ex-wife of hedge fund kingpin Steve Cohen, is going after the high-profile lawyer behind her now-abandoned effort to grab a...   12:18 AM

  • Tech TV smackdown

    Silicon Valley's biggest players are battling to bring the TV set into the 21st century. This fall, tech companies, including Google, Apple, Amazon...   12:42 AM

  • Lucrative departure for Griffin

    It's tough times for the publishing business, but magazine publisher Meredith seems to be feeling generous. The publisher paid departed president...   3:43 AM

  • Dimon manse price is cut

    Dimon manse price is cut

    Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., sliced about $2.6 million off the asking price of his Chicago mansion. The Gold Coast neighborhood property is now listed for $6.95 million, according to the Web site of broker Sudler...   3:43 AM

  • Mattel suit: MGA playing games

    Toymaker Mattel has filed a lawsuit alleging MGA Entertainment fraudulently transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to keep Mattel from collecting...   12:12 AM

  • Universal loses royalty case

    Universal Music Group, a Vivendi unit, lost a federal appeals court ruling over royalties from Apple's iTunes downloads and mobile-phone ringtones in a...   12:17 AM

  • Goldman exits prop trading

    Goldman Sachs Group is shutting its principal-strategies business, a group that makes bets with the firm's own capital, to comply with new US rules...   12:17 AM

  • Last breath for cigarette company

    General Tobacco, a maker of low-priced cigarettes that rose to become the sixth-largest US tobacco company, plans to shut down after failing to make...   12:17 AM

  • Business briefs

    Madoff news Sandalwood Debt funds A and B, investors in J. Ezra Merkin's Gabriel Capital, a feeder fund for Bernard Madoff, were awarded about $12...   12:22 AM

  • Under the hood

    Under the hood

    President Obama didn't think much of Detroit before bailing out Chrysler and GM, his former car czar claims in a new tell-all that rolls over the White House. According to Steve Rattner, the president's former point man on the auto task force,...  

  • Wall St. whistleblower faces $10.7M hit

    It doesn't pay to be a Wall Street whistleblower. At least that's the lesson for former Rodman & Renshaw biotech analyst Matthew Murray, who was...  

  • Foodie fashionista

    Foodie fashionista

    While most designers frantically hem, cut and sew ahead of Fashion Week, Jay Kos is getting ready to cook. The renegade men's wear designer -- who for years has packed his Park Avenue boutique with a bold mix of bright colors and exotic skins --...  

  • Hot August sales revive holiday retail hopes

    August heat added sizzle to retail sales -- and rekindled hopes for the crucial holiday season. Big retail chains reported that business last month...  

  • Stuytown stall

    Stuytown stall

    A New York judge will rule later this month on whether to let hedge fund honcho Bill Ackman go through with a plan that will put him in control of landmark Manhattan apartment complex Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village. Until then, New York...  

  • Warren's playing hooky

    School may be out for Elizabeth Warren, but for Wall Street, class may be in session. Yesterday, reports indicated the Harvard University Law...  

  • Disney, TWC $ign new carriage deal

    After a tense summer of negotiations, Walt Disney and Time Warner Cable struck a deal that will keep channels such as ABC and ESPN on the air. The...  

  • AOL & Google reset ad pact

    Aol renewed a deal with Google for paid search advertising, passing over rival Microsoft in the process. The new, five-year pact also includes...  

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